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When it comes to the practice of democratic politics, do size and insularity matter? A number of studies suggest that small island states are more likely to be democratic than others, regardless of levels of economic development. The Commonwealth islands, especially, have done very well on indices o...

Islanders may have come to accept the reality of closer economic ties with the other provinces in the region, but they still balk at any suggestion of political union; the most recent wave of pro-union sentiment elsewhere in Canada has met a frosty reception on PEI. The Guardian, the island's most i...

Traces the May 2000 coup d'etat in Fiji to a clash of ethnic nationalism. Native property rights during and after British colonial rule; Political and economic success of Indians; Implications of events in Fiji for Canada's aboriginal population.; Traces the May 2000 coup d'etat in Fiji to a clash o...

New history textbooks introduced into mainstream secular elementary schools in 1999 paint a more nuanced picture of the Arab-Jewish struggle for the country, in order, these pedagogues hope, to develop a new generation of more tolerant and pluralistic Israelis. The new books state, for instance, tha...

Analyzes nationalist politics and economic policies in several mini-entities, some sovereign and some not, such as Gibraltar, Nevis, Tahiti, Newfoundland, Scotland, and some Pacific Islands; 6 articles.

In the 1945 general election, a Communist was elected to Parliament from Mile End, Stepney, a constituency populated in large part by working-class Jews of East European origin. Pro-Soviet feeling in the preceding decade was strong, and was translated into ideological and political activity on behal...

Less is more: contrasting styles in health care / Robert G. Evans -- What price Canadian? Taxation and debt compared / David Perry -- Tangled tale: unions in Canada and the United States / John Richards -- Is your money safe? Depository institutions in Canada and the United States / Helmut H. Binham...

Women and fascism. Women and the British Union of Fascists, 1932-1940 / Martin Durham -- Rescued from the shadows of exile : Nellie Driver, autobiography and the British Union of Fascists / David Mayall -- 'Colonel' Barker : a case study in the contradictions of Fascism / Julie Wheelwright -- Politi...

Ambijan's literature stressed the need to select settlers who would need to be strong and healthy in order to adapt to Birobidzhan's climate and engage in physical labour. Stefansson disagreed; his own experiences in growing up on the frontier and afterwards working with people in the severe conditi...

Discusses the ethnicity and the development of a `middleman' economy on Mauritius. Economic status of the Indian Ocean state of Mauritius; Functions of `middleman' capitalists; Absence of restrictions on foreign ownership of manufacturing in Mauritius.; Discusses the ethnicity and the deve...

World War II saw an upsurge of anti-Semitic activity in Great Britain. This provided further opportunity for the Jewish Communist movement, centered mainly in London's East End, to assume a political and ideological presence within the Anglo-Jewish community. The Jewish Communists fought agains...